First measurable snowfall causes slick roads, crashes

By: ABC57 Staff

Posted: Dec 7, 2017 7:44 AM EST

NOW: First measurable snowfall causes slick roads, crashes

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – It’s finally beginning to look like winter with the first measurable snowfall of the season Thursday morning.

Bands of lake effect snow were forecasted to drop one to three inches of snow in Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties.

Roundabout at Michigan St. and East Bartlett 6:10 a.m. Michigan Street, Downtown South Bend Wakarusa Limebike, Downtown South Bend Kids playing in snow at 7 a.m.

Roads across the area were covered with snow by 4:30 a.m. and quickly became slick for drivers.

Multiple crashes were documented by St. Joseph County Dispatch along with the South Bend Police Department reporting that emergency crews responded to over one dozen crashes by 7:30 a.m.

Other crashes were reported in Berrien County on I-94 and in Van Buren County on M-51.

Officials around Michiana took to twitter in response to the weather.

1st snowfall= more crashes. We've seen more than a dozen already this a.m. Hills and intersections extremely slick. Please give extra travel time & distance between vehicles. Arrive alive, safe, and crash free!! Think of yourself AND others...
— South Bend Police (@southbendpolice) December 7, 2017

PLEASE SLOW Down! Posted Speed Limits are for ideal conditions! Your safety and the safety of others depends on you driving safely!
— D.A.R.E. Mishawaka (@DAREMishawaka) December 7, 2017

Plows are out treating various areas but until they handle your specific route, keep following Michigan's Basic Speed Law and drive to the current conditions, which probably means slow down.
— Michigan DOT (@MichiganDOT) December 7, 2017

Indiana Toll Road, no injuries 9-vehicle pile up at Angela Boulevard and Hillcrest Street, no injuries Indiana Toll Road, no injuries Bendix Drive, no injuries

According to Indiana State Police, a semi jackknifed and a pickup truck hauling an RV trailer crashed into the semi on the Indiana Toll Road, blocking the lanes of traffic near Elbel Golf Course.

Another crash at the intersection of Hillcrest Road and Angela Boulevard resulted in the pile up of at least nine vehicles, unattended by emergency personnel for over an hour, per one of the drivers involved.

No one was injured in either crash.